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The real reason SELECT * queries are bad: index coverage

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:46:02 GMT

Are SELECT * queries bad? Sure, everyone know that. But, why?

How to add a required validator to a CheckBoxList

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:31:02 GMT

The standard RequiredFieldValidator doesn't work with a CheckBoxList. Here is how to make a custom validator to accomplish the task.

jQuery: An open letter to non-Believers...

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:31:02 GMT

I'm sold. Be sure to check out the many jQuery plugins : http://jquery.com/plugins/.

What ASP.NET Developers Should Know About JavaScript

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:46:02 GMT

This article approaches JavaScript from the perspective of an ASP.NET developer who is comfortable with the paradigms and patterns of either C# or Visual Basic. The article doesn't look at how to use JavaScript from ASP.NET exactly, but it does look at why JavaScript is so different from the two languages we commonly use with the .NET CLR.

Referential Integrity - Data Modeling Mistake 1 of 10

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:01:02 GMT

Every decision you make before you write a line of code will significantly affect your project's duration and the performance and maintainability of your application. Can your project afford one of these all too common data modeling mistakes? The first post in this series addresses reasons architects don't use referential integrity. And why they're wrong.

Getting with it: Test-Driven Development

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:01:02 GMT

Introduction to Test-Driven Development, from a developer who should have learnt sooner.

BlogEngine.NET: Creating Themes Webcast

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:16:02 GMT

A really cool video tutorial on how to make custom themes for BlogEngine.NET. Good stuff

Interoperability Between WCF and WSE 3.0

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:16:02 GMT

Windows Communication Foundation(WCF) services are wire-level compatible with Web Services Enhancements 3.0 (WSE) client. This theory is correct however it's not such easy as one can expect. This article presents issues on interoperability between WCF and WSE 3.0.

Programming Handbooks and Cheatsheets

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:46:02 GMT

Cheat sheets are useful one page document which you should print out and post it on the wall from of your eyes. It helps you to learn the subject more quickly, and saves your time.

Asp.net Model View Presenter example using PoCoRail

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:01:02 GMT

A first look at PoCoRail, a new Model View Presenter framework for Asp.net.

19 Eponymous Laws Of Software Development

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:31:02 GMT

My favourite - Hofstadter's Law: "A task always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law."

Which version of Silverlight is installed on your browser?

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:03:49 GMT

As you know Silverlight is currently available in 2 versions : v1.0 beta and v1.1 alpha. Right, so how do you know which version of Silverlight is installed on your browser (Win)?

Exceptions vs. Error codes with Services

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:01:02 GMT

Brief examination of exceptions vs. error codes

Tools I use as a .Net Developer

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:01:02 GMT

A listing of the different tools I use pretty much every day as a developer.

SubSonic, ObjectDataSource, Paging, and you!

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:16:02 GMT

How to implement paging with the Controllers generated by SubSonic. Corrected URL

Ruby.NET moves to open source community model

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:16:02 GMT

"As heralded previously, we are now ready to move to a new open source community model. While we at QUT will continue to be heavily involved in the project, we plan to transfer full control and ownership of the project to the open source community. To signify this new beginning, the new project will be named simply "Ruby.NET" (rather than "Gardens Point Ruby.NET") and a new licence agreement will be developed (by the community). A source code repository will be created external to QUT that will be directly assessable to developers in the community to make contributions."

Debugging and Delayed Execution in C# 3.0

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:16:01 GMT

C# 3.0 added a few constructs like queries which are delay executed. This means that they are not actually executed until the results of the query are required. Debugging some of them can seem strange since one can't step in to the Query where its created but only where its enumerated, like in a foreach loop. In this article i will show some of the problems that the user can face based on the fact that the Query is delay executed and the debugger tries to be as non-intrusive as possible.

DotNetKicks.com: Tag RSS feeds

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:16:02 GMT

I have just upgraded DotNetKicks.com to Subversion revision 125. The big addition is RSS feeds for tags.

How To: Create an ASP.NET AJAX Style Folder Explorer

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:01:01 GMT

Folder explorer with GridView, TreeView and UpdatePanel controls.

The easiest way to refresh an UpdatePanel with JavaScript

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:46:02 GMT

A quick, easy way to refresh an UpdatePanel, from client script. No hidden button or other kludge necessary.

Become a Better Developer... in 6 months

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:01:03 GMT

What my steps will be for the next 6 months to become a better programmer

QnA on SubSonic

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:46:01 GMT

Rob Conery and Eric Kemp are the main developer force behind SubSonic and interest in the project is gaining momentum. InfoQ editors sent a few questions about the project over and both Eric and Rob responded:

Free royalty free icon sets

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:46:02 GMT

Free icons you can use for your website or program...

Release of BlogEngine.NET 1.1

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:31:01 GMT

Almost three months have passed since the first release of BlogEngine.NET 1.0 and five months since the first public alpha. The interest has been overwhelming and the feedback immense. Because of this, we wanted to get the next version out the door as fast as possible with all the bug fixes and many feature requests from the community.

More BDD xBehave Madness!

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:16:02 GMT

Well over the past week or so I have been working off and on with improving the usage of NUnit.Behave. It started off being tightly coupled with NUnit since you actually had to inherit an abstract fixture that exposed the "Given, When, Then" BDD constructs. With a bit of tinkering with C# generics and some fluent interface magic, I managed to decouple the code into its own, dare I say, framework.